I'm black, pinoy and bunch of other stuff. And FYI curlies the Latino population is a MIXED race people. So if your rican your mixed!!

Originally Posted by curlieforlife

Not all Latins are of mixed-race stock, many of them are just black, white, Asian, or Native American.

Originally Posted by Marllon

I think the problem lies in the fact that saying "100% rican" doesn't give any specific information about a person's ethnicity. Being Puerto Rican, IMO, is about a culture and lifestyle, not ethnicity. There are black ricans, white ricans and probably everything in between.

As for the original question, I think that is too big of a generalization.